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AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session

2 years 8 months ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors postponed a scheduled grand jury session Wednesday in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign, at least temporarily slowing a decision on whether to charge the ex-president, according to four people familiar with the matter. The grand jurors were told to be [...]
MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Ivy Cafe Serves Simple Joys — On an Amazing Sourdough Loaf

2 years 8 months ago
If you're at Ivy Cafe (14 North Meramec Avenue, Clayton; 314-776-9377) on a weekday, sometime in the two o'clock hour, there's a good chance you'll bear witness to the revelation upon which the restaurant is based. That's roughly the time when co-owner Julie Keane pulls her sourdough from the oven — something you'll know is happening by the way the intoxicating aroma scents the air. For quality control purposes, of course, Keane often pulls one of the loaves for herself, cracking it open with her hands and then placing in it a good-sized cube of unsalted butter that slowly melts, soaking into every nook and cranny so that the interior glistens.
Cheryl Baehr

Book Publishers Won’t Stop Until Libraries Are Dead

2 years 8 months ago
Earlier this week there was finally a hearing in the case brought by the big book publishers to kill off libraries. That, of course, is not how the publishers describe the lawsuit, but it’s absolutely what the lawsuit is about. We’ll get to some of the details in a moment, but we’ve joked in the […]
Mike Masnick

A Big Miss on Drug Prices

2 years 8 months ago
Today on Tap: President Biden’s NIH rejects a petition to seize the patent of an unaffordable prescription drug.
David Dayen